Own Your Own Health

OYOH is a nonpartisan 501(c)3 nonprofit working to provide you with tools and strategies to be informed and prepared when becoming an empowered and engaged participant in your wellness and healthcare. This year we are focusing on youth in the Colorado Springs area and have developed a partnership with DanceArt Academy.

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In September 2015 we started focusing our efforts on youth (and their families) in El Paso County, CO. We work with local schoolsWe work with local schools during Health Days on a variety of health topics. This year we partnered with DanceArt Academy to provide dance and wellness sessions. Email if you would like us to come to your school!

Our work with youth dancers at The DanceArt Academy StudiosWe are now partnering with The DanceArt Academy Studios (locations in Gleneagle and Fountain Arts Center) to provide dancers with engagement in their overall wellness (mind, body, spirit), including eating habits, injury prevention, and other wellness issues youth dancers experience.

Why teenage dancers?Teen dancers have high rates of eating disorders, injuries, and later in life - fertility issues, just to name a few health reasons. We want teen dancers to develop the skills to own their own health during a time when they are learning how to read their bodies, engage in their own wellness, & learning to navigate their healthcare.

What we do!We develop customized curricula and tools for teen dancers to be informed, prepared, empowered & engaged in their health (and healthcare).​ We are known for encouraging, nonpartisan, and culturally sensitive training. This gives us a great foundation to provide you with up-to-date evidence-based information specific to your group!

We have in-house expertise in:

Wellness coaching

Nutrition

Healthcare system navigation

Healthcare policies

Biomedical and alternative/holistic methods

​Emotional health

We are excited to partner with DanceArt Academy in Gleneagle to provide training to their teenage dancers as part of a well-rounded dance education that includes developing the whole person - mind, body and spirit!

Do you know a teen group ​that can benefit from our workshops or would be great interns? Contact us.​

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Thank you to our sponsors, donors, funders, & volunteers!

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